Its now almost 2am.Thought I'd update the blog tonight about what's been happening in my life.Well its totally uneventful.Everyday is the same here.I have always tried to taste the proverbial flavour of life but all I get is the stale taste of everyday.One day seldom differs in its final meaning even though the path it takes may differ.
People here in Delhi work very hard and party even harder. Working till late hours of the day and even going to office on weekends has become a must.If here you are a professional and yet you happen to reach home everyday by,say,eight in the evening then either you are not doing very well in your job or you are one of those people who have decided to take things easy in life.Life is at such a rushed pace here in the city that its a crime to have one.
Of course there are those smart ones who say they work five or six days and the weekends they spend in their favourite disc followed by sleeping late.To them all I say is Erich Fromm was right in feeling that the past may have held a frightful proposition that we shall become slaves yet the future holds the danger that we shall become robots. Of all the people who have actually got into this routine of sleeping late on weekends and partying till late,how many of you actually enjoy what you do?Doesnt the coming of the weekend bring unwanted pressures of finding something fun to do?Seems to me that people here are stuck with an idea of what fun is and not what is actually fun for them.I have met women who must go shopping on weekends because they have done so for their whole adult life in the city.Guys will go through the trouble of gulping down 'shots' and 'pints' because thats what 'we' do on weekends.As time goes by are we becoming more open minded and free or more opressed and time bound?
Well more of this another time...goodnite world..I'll leave you all to battle my insomnia..you know something interesting my friend said once...insomnia is what you get when you have a conscience.
